NBA to hold first Slam Dunk-In during All-Star Weekend (DeRozan vs. Eric Gordon)

[mitchellicious]

What players are participating? Or do they just rock up on the day and dunk?

 

[rfx45]

Originally Posted by Animal Thug1539

Wait wait...so you have to win a dunk contest to be IN a dunk contest?

that is asking for an Xzibit meme.

 

[kingkb34]

I guess I'll be the first to say it...

[Magic] The dunk contest is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Magic]

 

[dyyhard]

who cares? I'm all for more dunking even on separate days...however loser should not be allowed to be at AStar weekend and be forced to go home rightafter the contest.

also if I were Shannon, I'd be insulted.

 

[DYNAMICS]

They just need to go back to the format from the 80's to early90's.

 

[tommykairaa]

slam what?

 

[airkeung88]

dunk contest is getting worst year after year...

 

[airjordan jb23]

Pretty good idea, let's see how it turns out. Worth a try...

 

[rezzurrectme]

I have 2 things to say:

1)

2)

 

[lil stevie728]

^^^

 

[franchise3]

Demar DeRozan just Tweeted to tune into TNT to see who's partcipating. So I guess he's part of the dunk-in, or, one of the All-Star Saturdaypartcipants.

Dwight has come out and said he's out, and he thinks Lebron ain't going to do it either.

So, so much for that

 

[grittyman20]

Maybe they should have the fans just vote for the participants, like they do with the actual all-star game.

Stern can use his "influence" to make sure that the players that end up being selected participate...unless the fans do something stupid like votefor Steve Nash

 

[physicx]

thats stupid

whoever wins better not repeat their dunks on saturday

 

[clevelandsprince23]

Originally Posted by RyGuy45

I think it's a ploy to get more people to watch the Rookie Challenge...

For sure.

God knows there will be an 80 page thread on NT for this thing

No doubt it's all about $$$$$$$$$$$$ SMH... some scrub team should just sign James White so this can actually be legit

 

[size 15 please]

I dunno what to think about this

 

[ham city]

Why not, it's the %!@%!$+ forsh-soph game, I don't think it's a bad idea at all.

 

[bjm5295]

Wasnt this the year it was suposed to be star studded again? AKA LeBron, VC, TMac, whoever...

This is definitely a ploy to get viewership up. Basically the NBAs version of the NCAA tournaments 64 vs 65 game, in Dunk Contest form.

 

[i nasmatic i]

Eric Gordon and DeMar DeRozan are going to be apart of this Dunk-In

http://www.nba.com/2010/news/01/12/allstar.dunkin/index.html?rss=true

 

[freshsince1982]

Centers are gonna have to to do the Mitken drill to to play in the all star game

 

[purplenurple1414]

Gordon?

but Derozan's gonna take this, though.

 

[i nasmatic i]

Gordon can get up, but he's an in game dunker more than an exhibition dunker.

I just hope he doesn't injure himself, being a Clipper and all

.

 

[moneylicious]

Eric Gordon??!!!????


Why dont they just let us vote Derozan in already?

 

[you big dummy]

This is dumb, they should just let all 5 of them be in it

 

[i nasmatic i]

Rudy Gay and Terrence Williams are on Twitter perplexed why Eric Gordon is in on this

.

 

[therealmccoy12]

the dunk contest has taken major L's...ever since Vince killed it....